Mac OS X 10.3: Printer Sharing shares both printers and faxes

Sharing a printer in Mac OS X 10.3 also shares any faxes that appear in the Printer Setup Utility Fax List. Note: For information about this issue and Mac OS X 10.4, see this article.

When you share a printer, faxes that appear in Printer Setup Utility's Fax List are also shared. You can turn on printer sharing in Sharing preferences or Print & Fax preferences.

Shared printers appear in the "shared printers" section of the Printer List. Shared faxes appear in the "shared faxes" section of the Fax List.

Tip: From the View menu, choose Show Fax List to see your Fax List.

Note: The Windows Sharing feature in Sharing preferences shares printers via SMB, but does not share faxes.

You can avoid sharing faxes by deleting them from the Fax List.

To learn more about setting up printer sharing, Printer Setup Utility, or faxing, choose Mac Help from the Help menu, then search on the feature you're interested in.